Arthur Rothstein
Unemployed Mine Worker, Bush, Illinois

ArtistAmerican, 1915–1985
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Unemployed Mine Worker, Bush, Illinois
DateJanuary 1939, printed 1976
Place depictedBush, Illinois, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 1/16 × 13 7/16 in. (25.6 × 34.1 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Romansky
Object number76.424
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceLibrary of Congress, Washington, DC; purchased by MFAH, 1976.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom left in pencil[upside down] "29747[underlined] / 26868"
verso bottom center[upside down] a stamp "Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress"

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